Ford F-150 Complaints (2018)

2,327 consumer complaints on file.

#11364647October 16, 2020
STEERING
IN HEAVY RAIN ON 10/15/2020 VEHICLE PULLED HARD TO THE LEFT. RESULTING IN VEHICLE HYDROPLANING OF OF I26 AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WENT INTO THE MEDIAN HITTING A BUNCH OF SMALL TREES AND TEARING UP THE VEHICLE. I BARELY MISSED A LARGE TREE THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURIES TO ME AND MY 6 YEAR OLD SON. LUCKILY NO INJURIES WHERE SUSTAINED. PREVIOUS TO THE INCIDENT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING OCCASIONAL PULLING TO THE LEFT. ALSO A GRINDING NOISE. BELIEVE TO HAVE A PROBLEM ON THE LEFT FROM SIDE. INCIDENTS WHERE SO OCCASIONAL THAT I DID NOT TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIR BELIEVING THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND AN ISSUE THAT HAPPENED ONLY VERY RARELY. (MAYBE ONCE PER MONTH) AFTER THE INCIDENT I GOT LOOKING AROUND AND FOUND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FROM FORD THAT I BELIEVE IS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. FORD SHOULD BE RECALLING VEHICLES FOR THIS SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT INJURED. BULLETIN NUMBER IS 18-2273. PICS AND BULLETIN ATTACHED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363488October 8, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE REAR WINDOW ON MY 2018 FORD F-150 SHATTERED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MIDDLE SLIDING WINDOW WITH NO IMPACT. THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED OUTWARD TOWARDS THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND AND NOT INSIDE FURTHER CONFIRMING THE SHATTERED WINDOW WAS NOT DUE TO IMPACT OF ANY KIND. MY TRUCK WAS PARKED STATIONARY AT MY OFFICE PARKING GARAGE ON AN 80-85 DEGREE DAY WHEN THE REAR WINDOW RANDOMLY SHATTERED OUTWARD. THE EDGES OF THE GLASS THAT ATTACHED TO THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK CAB ALSO SHATTERED AND "SPIDER WEBBED" ACROSS THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW JUST AS A BUILDING WINDOW BREAKS WHEN UNDER STRESS FROM STRUCTURAL MOVEMENT OR SHIFTING. THE REAR WINDOW CLEARLY SHATTERED OUTWARD FROM STRESS ON THE GLASS WHILE MY TRUCK WAS PARKED AND NOT MOVING. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS INCIDENT AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER FORD TRUCKS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE REAR WIND SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERING WITH NO IMPACT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AND I AM RELIEVED THAT I WAS NOT OPERATING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE WINDOW SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363160October 7, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY VEHICLE I PURCHASED IN 2019 SECOND OWNER IS NOW NOT RUNNING. I AM UNSURE AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON OR WHY IT STALLED ON ME APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AGO. I FILED A CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY THEY CLOSED IT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. I HAD IT TOWED HOME. IT WILL START UP BUT IT HAS A REALLY LOUD CLANGING IN THE MOTOR AREA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. MY VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN NEGLECTED AND IT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NOT RUNNING TO ONLY BE 2 YEARS OLD. I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER FROM WORK IN TOWN. I NOTICED A VERY LOUD SOUND AND I PULLED OVER AT A LOCAL CIRCLE K AND IT DIDN'T START BACK UP AT THAT TIME. I AM FINDING RECALLS, BUT NOT SPECIFIC TO MY VIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363265October 7, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT. ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE DRIVING IN DRY 70 DEGREE WEATHER I HEARD WIND NOISE AND WHEN I LOOKED OVER MY SHOULDER I NOTICED THE REAR WINDOW HAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED EXCEPT FOR THE SLIDER WINDOW,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11362051September 30, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE BACKUP CAMERA WILL SOMETIMES BE FUZZY OR GO DARK WHEN IN REVERSE CAUSING NO VISIBILITY TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361999September 30, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON SEVERAL OCCASION I HAVE STARTED MY 2018 FORD F-150 AND THE NAVIGATION SCREEN DOES NOT COME ON, SO WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE I HAVE NO BACKUP CAMERA PICTURE. AND WHILE NOT SAFETY RELATED ALL THE OTHER FUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAVIAGATION SCREEN ARE NOT OPERABLE (E.G. NO NAVIGATION, RADIO CONTROLS, ETC.) AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND TURNING IT OFF THE NEXT TIME I START THE VEHICLE THE NAVIGATION SCREEN WORKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360878September 24, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I KEEP GETTING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT P2450 WHICH IS AN EMISSION VALVE IN THE FUEL TANK. I TAKE IT IN AN ALL THEY DO IS RESET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360566September 22, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY RAPTOR HAD BEEN PARKED IN GARAGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS, WHEN I OPENED DOOR TO GET OUT SOMETHING. UPON CLOSING THE DOOR THE BACK WINDOW EXPLODED OUTWARDLY. I STUDIED THIS ONLINE OVER THE WEEKEND AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ON IT. FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM. IT WAS BETWEEN 65-70 WHEN THIS HAPPENED. MOST COMPLAINTS SAID IT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WAS DRIVING. FORD INSISTS SOMETHING HIT THEM. ALL OF THEM OVER THE YEARS?? MINE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE WITH ANOTHER CAR IN PERFECT WEATHER. WE ARE GRATEFUL OUR SMALL GRANDCHILDREN WASN'T CLOSE. THE FORCE CAN BE SEEN IN THE PICTURES. FORD NEEDS TO BE MADE TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THEY REFUSED OUR WARRANTY WHEN TRUCK ONLY HAS 22,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11355548September 17, 2020
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING AT SPEED, PUSH ON ACCELERATOR TO PASS OTHER VEHICLES OR ENTER HIGHWAY FROM ONRAMP, TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS SO HARD WITH A LOUD CLUNK THAT TIRES LOSE TRACTION AND IT FEELS LIKE MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN STRUCK. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW. THE DEALER HAS REPROGRAMMED THE PCM PER RECALL 182274A, BUT THE REPROGRAMMING HAS NOT FIXED THE ISSUE. IF ANYTHING, IT HAS BEEN WORSE AND HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN BEFORE THE REPROGRAMMING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11354642September 12, 2020
POWER TRAIN
NUMEROUS TIMES I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND MY TRANSMISSION LAGS SO MUCH THAT 8 SLOW DOWN AT LEAST 5 TO 7 MPH ALTHOUGH IT HASNT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT YET I FEEL AN ACCIDENT COULD EASILY OCCUR ESPECIALLY IN SITUATIONS WERE I WOULD NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY THERE HAS ALSO BEEN MULTIPLE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS BROUGHT AGAINST FORD INVOLVING THESE TYPE OF PARTICULAR INCIDENTS REGARDING THE 10R80 TRANSMISSION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11354453September 11, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFTS ARE CLUNKING AND NOISING AND SOMETIMES SLIPS GEARS MAINLY AROUND 3 AND 6 GEARS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353507September 7, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING, THERE HAS BEEN ROUGH INTERMITTENT SHIFTS/ACCELERATION, PARTICULARLY FROM A STOPPED POSITION. I HAVE NOTICED IT HAPPENS BETWEEN 5-7 GEARS. VEHICLE WILL BE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, AS YOU ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WILL GO THROUGH FIRST FEW GEARS WITH NORMAL ACCELERATION AND PICK UP SPEED, THE SUDDEN JERKING OF THE VEHICLE SEEMS LIKE IT JUST DID AN ENGINE BREAK(?). VEHICLE WILL BE ACCELERATING TO 40+ MPH AND FEEL AS IF IT DID A SUDDEN BRAKE AND DECELERATE RAPIDLY TO THAN RESUME ACCELERATION. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED, WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN PARK AND DRIVE OR PARK AND REVERSE, THE SHIFT IS SOMETIMES ROUGH AS IF THE CLUTCH WAS NEVER ENGAGED AND IT WAS FORCED INTO THE DRIVE MODE. NOT ONLY WILL THE BE A LARGE NOISE, BUT A SLIGHT JERK. ALSO, I HAVE HAD MY PHASERS REPLACED ALREADY DUE TO LOUD ENGINE NOISE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353535September 7, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY HORN STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN YOU HONK THE HORN IT SOUNDS LIKE A HIGH PITCHED SCOOTER HORN. IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE AND UNSAFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353082September 3, 2020
ENGINE
FIRST TIME TOWING OUR 5000LB TRAILER; DROVE WITHOUT STOPPING FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES ON HIGHWAY. AS PULLING OFF HIGHWAY ON EXIT RAMP THE TRUCK STALLS AS WE COME TO A STOP AND IT WILL NOT START AGAIN. GIVES A MESSAGE SOMETHING ABOUT TURNING OFF THE AUTO STOP. ONLY WAY TO GET THE TRUCK TO MOVE IS TO GIVE LOTS OF GAS AND LET OFF ON BRAKE SLOWLY AND HOPE TRUCK MOVES. NEXT TRIP WITH TRAILER WE TURNED OFF AUTO STOP FEATURE, THIS DID NOT HELP AS AGAIN THE TRUCK STALLED AS WE CAME TO A STOP AT A HIGHWAY EXIT AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. DEALERSHIP DISCOVERED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN18-2249 FOR 2.7L F150 BUILT ON OR BEFORE 27-NOV-2017 "WHILE TOWING-INTERMITTENT ENGINE STALL WHEN COMING TO A STOP" SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTS MECHANIC TO REPROGRAM THE PCM USING THE APPROPRIATE FORD SCAN TOOL AT THE LATEST SOFTWARE LEVEL. DEALERSHIP DID THIS REPROGRAMMING ON OUR TRUCK, BUT SINCE THEY CAN'T TEST THE TRUCK FOR A FIX, BECAUSE IT ONLY STALLS WHEN TOWING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WE HAVE TO PUT OUR SAFETY AT RISK AGAIN AND DRIVE THE TRUCK TOWING OUR TRAILER AT LEAST HUNDRED MILES TO SEE IF THE STALLING HAPPENS. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY STRESSFUL SITUATION SINCE WE WERE UNSURE WHEN THE TRUCK MIGHT DECIDE TO STALL AGAIN WHILE TOWING OUR TRAILER, AS PERHAPS WHEN WE ARE MAKING A TURN. AND NOW THE ONLY WAY WE WILL KNOW IF THE STALLING IS FIXED IS TO TAKE THE TRUCK OUT ON THE HIGHWAY PULLING OUR TRAILER FOR A 100 MILE RIDE-WISH US LUCK! THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO US A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE FORD 2018 F150 2.7 ECO-BOOST TRUCK. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BEFORE SOME FAMILY ON A CAMPING TRIP GETS KILLED TOWING THEIR TRAILER. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11352720September 2, 2020
ENGINE
2018 F-150 WITH 5.0 LITRE V-8 ENGINE HAS LOUD AND CONCERNING KNOCKING WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION HAS RECENTLY SHIFTED INTO A NEW GEAR AND BEFORE ENGINE RPMS HAVE CLIMBED BACK UP. WHEN I PULLED OUR BOAT OUT OF THE LAKE A MONTH OR SO AGO, MY GASOLINE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE AN OLD DIESEL ENGINE DUE TO THE KNOCK. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE, AND THE TECHNICIANS HAVE CONFIRMED THE KNOCK. ON THE SECOND VISIT, FORD ENGINEERS HAD THE TECHNICIANS TAKE APART THE ENGINE AND REPLACE SOME VCT VALVES. THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME IT WAS IN, THE FORD ENGINEERS HAD THE TECHNICIANS DRIVE A LIKE MODEL TRUCK (2018 F-150 WITH 5.0 LITRE V-8), AND THAT TRUCK MADE THE SAME KNOCKING NOISES. FOLLOWING THAT, FORD CONCLUDED THAT THIS IS JUST "NORMAL OPERATION" OF THIS ENGINE, AND THERE IS NO CONCERN. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT "NORMAL OPERATION". I CONTACTED FORD COORPERATE CUSTOMER CARE, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER TO BE DONE, AND THEY NOW CONSIDER THIS ISSUE CLOSED. IN ADDITION, A QUICK SEARCH ON GOOGLE SHOWS PAGES OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS ENGINE KNOCK ISSUE. IT'S INTERESTING THAT NO PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS OF THIS 5.0L V-8 HAD THIS PROBLEM, BUT, FORD NOW CONSIDERS IT NORMAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME WITH THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11352284August 31, 2020
POWER TRAIN
WAS ON A DRIVEWAY WITH INCLINE TOWING A TRAILER 500 LBS, LOOPING AROUND STARTED DOWN IN GEAR SHIFTED THEN FREE WHEELED 20 TO 30 FEET SLAMMED INTO GEAR. SECOND TIME IT HAD HAPPENED. FIRST TIME AROUND A CORNER WITH A TRAILER SAME THING, FREE WHEELED THEN SLAMMED INTO GEAR. I HAVE LESS THEN 20,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. EVERY TIME I GO AROUND THE CORNER TRUCK SHIFT HARD. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON A CITY STREET WHILE THE TRUCK IS IN MOTION. THE FREE WHEELING WAS AN UNSAFE CONDITION. TRANSMISSION IS THE FAULTY PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11352031August 29, 2020
POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE WILL SHIFT HARSHLY AT TIMES AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT SHIFT AT ALL. WE WERE ON FREEWAY ON RAMP AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST DIDN'T SHIFT LEAVING US BASICALLY ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT FROM NO ACCELERATION AS WE WERE TRYING TO MERGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. CAN'T REPLICATE AT DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11351454August 26, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN
CONTROL MODULE FOR THE POWERTRAIN IS MALFUNCTIONING CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH OVERALL DRIVING VEHICLE. I WAS GETTING LUNCH AND WHILE DRIVING BACK TO THE OFFICE A WRENCH SENSOR SHOWED UP ON MY DASH. I STOPPED AND HAD TO LOOK UP WHAT THE ICON MEANT AND APPARENTLY IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE POWERTRAIN ON MY VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT LOOKED AT. THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS A CONTROL MODULE PROBLEM AND ORDERED A NEW ONE FOR ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11350067August 18, 2020
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN SHIFTING INTO 4TH GEAR THE VEHICLE WILL SHIFT ROUGHLY ALMOST AS A BRAKE TAP BEFORE AUTOMATICALLY INCREASING ON ITS OWN TO 25-28MPH. THIS EVEN OCCURS WITH SPEED CONTROL ON. ALL OF THIS OCCURS WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS AND ENTERING HIGHWAYS. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE PAST 8 MONTHS. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11348856August 12, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGH AND CLUNKS. MOST NOTICEABLE GOING FROM GEARS1-3 AND FROM 4-5. WILL RANDOMLY SHIFT AND ALMOST CAUSE WHIPLASH WHEN RUNNING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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